Critique of Poor Reason, Disinformation Superhighway Dept. 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Armin Zadel explores why so many persons seem to be abandoning reason for ideology. It does not surprise me that he points one finger towards the Disinformation Superhighway and “social” media (emphasis added).
This dramatically changed with the advent of the internet, particularly social media. Suddenly, folks around the world found others who shared their obscure ideas, which not only allowed nonsense to propagate but also emboldened many silent supporters to join. The result is a delusion pandemic, with ideas mutating and becoming increasingly hostile toward academics and the “elite” who try to expose and disparage illogical thoughts and theories.
I commend the entire article to your attention.
